trated, and which, as he maintained, had been written after his drawings had been made. This is not altogether exceptional. It is well known that Dr. Syntax' was written up to the illustrations, and that W. Combe was inspired by, and adapted his verses to, the designs of Rowlandson. But Cruikshank always appeared to me free from jealousy as far as his particular branch of art was concerned, and was ever ready to award his meed of praise to those who were striving after their laurels in his profession. I may mention two incidents in proof of this assertion.

Not very long ago I had received some etchings by a German artist-simple subjects, representing children in their various occupations. I laid them before Cruikshank, who, after examining them very attentively, exclaimed, "They are beautiful; I should like to have been the artist who did them!" One evening a rising young English artist met Cruikshank at my house, and submitted to him some specimens of dry point which he had just done. The old man, in the fulness of his enthusiasm and the generosity of his nature, said to him, They are very clever; I was never able to do such work."

The complete list of George Cruikshank's almost numberless productions has yet to be made, for Mr. Reid's admirable catalogue-unfortunately too expensive for the million, whose artist George Cruikshank

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